Artist:Maeda Masahiro
Medium: Painted and gilded porcelain; lacquered wood
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Dates:ca. 1998
Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. (17.1 x 15.9 cm)
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Accession Number: 2014.79a-b
Catalogue Description: a: container b: lacquer cover High-fired water container (mizusashi) with flower-shaped mouth and painted abstract pattern in blue, brown, black, silver, and gold.The interior is a brilliant blue with a lacquer cover. Object arrived with a signed storage box. Inscription on lid of box reads: 'shiki/shoku e kin gin sai wa/rin hana mizu yubi'. This roughly translates to 'coloured picture [with] gold and silver circles [of] flower water fingers'. Inscription on inside of lid states that the work was made by Maeda Masahiro.